In some instances, the only thing that can save your life is antibiotics.
If you don't take them, you may die. I have a finger infection once that was getting nasty. I didn't mess around and got an antibiotic shot in the bum.
However, doctors have over-prescribed antibiotics. Some people run to clinics for the sniffles and walk away with antibiotics. And this is bad for several reasons, one of which is they mess up your gut microbiome. Which the doctors either didn't know about back then or didnt care too much.
Even AI agrees with me on this one: